"Shut the hell up, it would be cool." Alexa slapped Hawk in the arm defensively, Tory and Kyler laughing at the violent interaction. "Why do you always have to be such a dick?"

"Because it wouldn't be cool to get christmas gis, Alexa." Hawk said back in annoyance, rolling his eyes. "That's lame."

"You're lame." she rolled her eyes, looking back at the two behind them. "Christmas gi's, yes or no?"

"No. Sorry, Lex." Tory shook her head.

"Thank you!" Hawk rolled his eyes, walking up the side walk.

"Back me up?" Alexa looked to Kyler hopefully, pulling her bag on her shoulder more.

Kyler winced. "Oh, I would, but greens just not my color."

"I hate all three of you." she rolled her eyes, pulling the doors of the dojo open. "When I get Sensei Kreese on board with christmas gi's, all of you are gonna eat your words, and your stupid white gi's."

"What the hell are you doing here?" Hawks angry, violent remark was echoing through the dojo, making Alexa look back after dropping her bag. She wondered how she hadn't noticed Robby Keene, same boy that kicked Miguel right off the stairs, standing in the dojo.

"Don't get too close." Alexa had to mock with a comical laugh. "Might start plotting our deaths."

Tory elbowed her.

"Hold on there." Kreese held a finger to Hawk for a moment. "Mr.Keene is our guest."

Robby looked back at him, his eyes flicking to the rest of the dojo soon after. Kreese and Hawk walked to the office soon after, leaving Robby with the gawking cobras. He didn't even noticed Alexa circling behind him. "Almost didn't recognize you. Last time I saw you, you were looking over the stairs and had a poodle on your head."

He turned as she continued to circle him like a shark. Alexa eyed Robby, crossing her arms as he stared at her oddly. "What?"

"You're the one circling me." he said cooley with a raise of his brows.

"You get your shit rocked in juvie?" she cocked her head to the side, tongue rubbing across her teeth. "Sure hope you fought better then you did at the school."

"If I remember correctly, you didn't do so well." Robby gave a minor thinking look, rocking on his heels. "What was is you did? Get drug across the floor?"

Before Robby could even see her hand move, Alexa had the side of his face pushed up against the large mirror. Robby winced at the suddenly contact, Alexa keeping her hand pushed tightly to the side of his head. "What'd you say?"

"Alexa." Tory spoke up, making her look his way. "Come on, Kreese already warned you."

Alexa looked back at Robby, letting his face go as he leaned off the mirror with a minor wince. Alexa held her head up higher with a smirk. "I'm Alexa."

He took her hand, smirking in return. "Robby."

"What's your problem?" Kyler asked as Alexa was going through a huffing and puffing phase, staring at her phone. "Thirst trap, again?"

Alexa looked at him in annoyance. "Shut the hell up."

"What's up?" Tory nodded her way in questioning. "Your mom call?"

"My grades." Alexa flipped her emailed report card around.

Hawk took a look. "Jesus, are you kidding? That sucks."

"No shit." she gave an annoyed look his way, flipping the phone back around. "No way am I gonna pass that chem test."

"You're gonna have to repeat that class next year then." Tory pointed out, leaning on the fence. "Can't you sneak your phone in?"

"Tried that, now i'm being watched like a hawk." Alexa rolled her eyes, putting her phone back on her pocket and crossing her arms. She looked toward Hawk. "No pun intended."

"Hilarious." he rolled his eyes. "We've got one shot at this. Quick, in and out, we'll be good. Know what you gotta do?"

Kyler too a sip of the beer, "Hell yeah. Let's go."

"Someone took their sweet ass time." Tory mocked, Alexa turned back to see Robby walking their way, hands in his jacket pockets.

"You invited him?" Hawk looked her way with a minor sigh.

"I did." she looked his way. "Why? You got a problem with that?"

Alexa tilted her head toward Robby with a sarcastic, innocent smile. "Look at you, making friends already."

"Alexa." Tory spoke up to her her attention. "Let it go."

Alexa back off, eyeing Robby as she shoved in between Kyler and Hawk. The Park boy held a beer out to Robby. "Here you go, Keene."

"I'm good." Robby said back.

"What, you can't handle a sip of beer?" Hawk mocked him slightly, looking down the line.

"Remind you of hard times?" Alexa gave a childish pout his way.

"Nah, I just don't need to drink to pretend to be cool." Robby shrugged their way.

"That's funny." Hawk took a step his way after Kyler choked on his beer in laughter.

"All right. Let's get going." Tory leaned over to pull Hawk off slightly. "Lex, you got the stuff?"

"Do I got the stuff? Please." she mocked slightly, shoving her bag into Robbys chest as he gave a stumble. "Hold this."

He did, watching as she unzipped the bag and pulled out a pair of bolt cutters. "You just carry those around?"

"Sometimes a switch blade, depends on what kind of day i'm having." Alexa said back sarcastically, nodding for Tory to move as the Nichols girl backed up, letting Alexa cut a line down the fence, walking through with a minor push. Hawk and Kyler followed.

"Don't worry." Tory spoke up to Robby, Alexa watching them from the other side of the fence. "It's not gonna violate your probation. You got outta juvie, not Sing Sing."

"You resorting to peer pressure?" Robby asked her with an eyebrow raise.

"Can we get this show on the road?" Alexa spoke up to get their attention. "I gotta get home soon."

"Your mom coming up?" Tory asked, walking through the fence.

"Nah, douch face brother." Alexa rubbed her nose, letting Robby come through the fence. "So, unless you wanna deal with his attitude and loud ass video games, you probably don't wanna crash on the pull out again."

"Egh, I don't think i'll need to for a while." Tory said back, walking after the group.

Robby turned to Alexa as she stuffed the bolt cutters back into her bag. "What kind of switch blade is it?"

She looked oddly a moment before recalling their statement earlier. "The sharp kind. Probably should watch what you say to me from now on."

"I'll keep it in mind." Robby answered sarcastically, waiting for her to pull her backpack on her shoulders. "Plan on shoved my face against a mirror again? Or am I cool to walk infront of you?"

"Haven't really decided yet." Alexa said in return, walking infront of him, looking back over her shoulder with a half smirk. "Might wanna hang back just in case."

Sneaking into the zoo wasn't hard, Hawk leading the group as he pointed to the side. "All right, there's two cameras over there. The guard goes on break once every hour. We have less then five minutes."

"Five minutes to do what?" Robby asked, by Alexa's side now.

Alexa smirked. "You like Christmas gifts, Pre Convict?"

He didn't answer, following her as they all walked down a narrow hallway, Hawk yanking his bag off to pull out a smaller one, stopping infront of the hissing snakes. "You got the snake pole?"

Kyler winces. "Ah, shit. Snake pole, right."

"I orchestrated this entire plan and you didn't bring the one thing you were in charge of?" Hawk asked in disbelief and anger his way.

"Yeah, he orchestrated this entire plan." Alexa leaned on the wall, crossing her arms, with a mocking grin across her lips.

"Shut up, Alexa." he groaned as she continued to laugh.

"I forgot, okay? I've got a lot on my mind right now." Kyler defended himself with a huff. "If I don't pass trig this semester, my dads gonna shit in my mouth."

Alexa pulled an odd look, one eyebrow shooting up. She then laughed. "I'd love to listen to your family dinner talks."

"Just reach in and grab the snake!" Tory whisper shouted toward Hawk.

He looked at her in disbelief. "Are you insane? I'm not gonna stick my hand in there!"

"If it gets all swollen up with venom, i'll chop it off for you." Alexa gave a knowing point his way, winking at the end. "Keep it as a souvenir."

"Thank you, Lex." he said sarcastically.

"Anything for you, my man." she slapped his back with a knowing grin.

"Hey, who's in there!" the guard yelled from down the hall.

"Shit." Hawk cursed.

"If you weren't such a loud ass!" Alexa slapped his arm.

"Me?" he looked in disbelief.

"Po-po, let's go. We gotta go." Kyler encouraged as they hurried out of the small room, retracing their steps as they hurried back out.

Alexa looked back once they reached the fence. "Shit, my bag!"

"You left your bag?" Tory looked her way in disbelief. "Is your license in it?"

"Yes." Alexa looked in a panic. "I don't wanna go jail. Then i'll really bomb my chemistry test!"

"Why'd you even take it off?" Hawk argued with her, slapping her arm as she looked over.

"Kyler forgot the snake pole." Alexa brought the argument back to the taller boy.

"Dude, at least I brought beer." Kyler defended himself.

"We failed the mission cause of you!" Hawk yelled at him.

Alexa went to mock what he said before a new voice rung in her ears. "Who said we failed?"

Looking back, Robby held up the small sake with a hissing snake in it, Alexa's backpack on his left arm.

"No way." Tory looked in disbelief. "You got it? Unreal."

"Dude." Alexa pulled her bag from his shoulder. "Thought for a second we were about to swap places in juvie. Was close to running for the hills and changing my name."

"Sounds like you owe me one." Robby looked her way sarcastically with a half grin. "Keeping you out of juvie and avoiding a name change, you know?"

"Sick." Kyler laughed as they started to praise Robby for getting the snake, a grin across his face as he opened the bag for them.

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kylie speaks

mmm i can feel their
development in my bones.